NABTDenver2009 - Classroom

Creating a classroom environment where our students feel comfortable, safe, and invested can encourage their learning in Biology.

Some of the things we do to encourage our students to "buy into" our course are:

High Expectations
High content/different delivery
Lab-based and activity-based hands-on learning
Agenda/Homework on board
Birthday Calendar/Announcements
Frequent assessment feedback
Smarties: Exams
Highlighter (reading strategies)
Homework passes
Post work/projects on boards/ceilings
Stickers/stamps
Student exemplars
Holidays/Seasonal Clings/Decorations
Survival Packets/Rules of the Road
Hall Passes: Crab/Elephant/Turtle